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Australian Researchers Develop
New Vaccine for Tuberculosis

Hoping to help fend off a disease that kills millions each year, Australian researchers "have developed a new vaccine for tuberculosis," the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Their new vaccine could serve as an alternative to a currently used TB vaccine known as BCG, that's administered "to newborn babies in countries with a high rate of the disease," the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. However, as one of the researchers explained in the article, BCG only affords 10 years worth of...